Bamboo Rod Building Forum

This forum is for the ftoty polls build progress information and q a regarding the contest rod.

Bamboo rod building forum.

I love ff and enjoy woodworking. Discuss materials techniques and how to. Don owns keystone fly rod co and has also developed an innovative magnet system for nets and built his own drift boat. We re sure you ll enjoy your stay.

Tim will also put guide markings on the opposite side of the flats as a suggestion. Both my uncle and i build fly rods and my uncle s taper won the catskill bamboo rod gathering contest a few years ago though i recommend a western pa builder named don ward. I think that everyone would agree that we owe a debt to jerry foster who created the rodmakers site. I ve never fished bamboo never saw a rod built etc.

Custom fishing rod building forum. Ftoty 2005 bamboo rod build. A three or four ounce split bamboo rod with a well balanced reel a tapered casting line a leader of the proper fineness and a well tied fly or flies is one of the most perfectly designed and executed triumphs of human artisanship. So i am quite the novice.

There are a couple really informative articles and forums on the internet. My first fly rod was a powell i think they re great rods. Ferrules are in place along with one coat of a tung oil. I ve begun researching on the internet which led me to a couple books i will buy.